RE: Should I buy a Corrado SLC???

["Bill Hussey" <list_squid@hotmail.com>]

>From: "Ng, Kevin" <Kevin.Ng@bankofamerica.com>
>Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 14:15:05 -0400
>
>To me, the only reason not to get one is reliability. The Corrado is truly 
>a
>love/hate thing.
>
>Cripes, can we get off this FWD vs RWD business? Bill, ever watch the
>Speedvision series? I wonder why the Realtime Racing Acura Type R's keep
>kicking the shit out of the BMW's...

I try to make it to all of the east coast events every year actually, and 
those that I can't make it to I watch religiously.

Since you know so much about the Speedvision series, then why don't you 
educate the rest of this list on what exactly the weight penalty is for the 
BMWs ... which of course, doesn't count the series rule of adding 50 pounds 
to the winning car to make the next event competitive.  SCCA is getting very 
much like NASCAR, every car is regulated differently to keep the field of 
cars as equal as possible.

Now back to reality, where we were discussing someone buying a track car, 
RWD is so superior it's a joke, I'm sorry you don't like that idea, but 
that's the sad truth.  When was the last time you saw a front-wheel drive 
Lamborghini??  Ferrari??  Porche??  Mercedes??  BMW??  Lotus??

Or how bout the last time you saw a maker's premier sports car in FWD??  
Vette??  Viper??  Supra??  MR-2??  NSX??  S2000??  RX-7??  Miata??  300ZX??  
  Should I go on??  I'm not here to bash Jettas, not at all.  They're great 
cars, built well for the price, that are fun to drive.  But I am forced to 
laugh at some of you for the money you are throwing at your cars in an 
attempt to turn them into something they don't have a chance in hell of 
being ... a true sports car.  You can snicker all you want at the fact that 
my Jetta is an automatic, but at least I have the common sense to understand 
that no matter which tranny you put in this car, it's never going to be 
rewarding to drive .. period!   And if you disagree with that, then it just 
shows that you have practically no experience in a real sports car, at least 
not under real performance limits, you most likely RELY on the plowing 
characteristics of the handling to get you out of situations real drivers 
would never have gotten themselves into, and would have no idea how to 
properly drive a sports car should you ever gets your hands on one.

This entire thread started with someone asking about getting a track car .. 
well that's what I put my $0.02 toward .. you don't like what I have to say 
.. delete my emails, that's the beauty of email.  For the past 5 years I've 
been trying to decide which car I wanted.  I knew it had to be RWD, had an 
independent rear suspension, I knew I wanted as close to 50/50 weight 
distribution as possible, I wanted good steering, and good seats with a lot 
of lateral support.  I didn't car about power, or the OEM suspenders as I 
was going to change those out.  I thought about the 240Z, the 300ZX, the 
previous generation MR2, the 318i and a few others I'm sure ... but I didn't 
want to buy used and didn't have the money to buy any of them used.  5 years 
later, I've driven most of them, and the one that's most rewarding .. the 
one that excites me the most and the one I'm most comfortable with at the 
handling limit is the Bimmer.  There are others out there that provide at 
least as much satisfaction, the 360 Modena, the new 911 [996], an NSX, and a 
few others ... but as you can see, the BMW is by far the cheapest.

I don't remember seeing the Jetta or the Integra as one of Car & Driver's 
ten best for the past 11 years in a row.

Bill
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